subcamps included Polish, Czech, French, Belgian, Dutch and Danish women. As more women arrived from the evacuated Gross-Rosen subcamps conditions at Kratzau worsened. Zenon Lis, who was a child at the time, has said the food at Kratzau was "poor and varied at different times: black coffee, dry bread, rutabaga soup, a potato on rare occasions, and a piece of liverwurst on exceptional ones". Joseph Mengele is known to have visited Kratzau three times between October 1944 and March 1945 to conduct a "selection"; after each of these visits the selected women were sent to a subcamp in Zittau. After the German population was expelled in 1945–1947, Chrastava was resettled mainly by Czechs. Demographics Economy The largest employed with its headquarters in the town is a branch of the Benteler International company, focused on the production of automotive parts. The factory was built in 1999 and employs about 600 people. Transport Chrastava lies on the railway line Liberec–Zittau–Varnsdorf. Sights The landmark of Chrastava is the Church of Saint Lawrence. It was originally a wooden church from the 14th century. A massive stone tower was added at the end of the 16th century. The church was rebuilt into its current pseudo-Gothic form in 1866–1868. The baroque rectory next to the church dates from 1739. Notable people Leopold Alois Hoffmann (1760–1806), Austrian writer Joseph von Führich (1800–1876), Austrian painter Wilhelm Kandler (1816–1896), German Bohemian painter Theodor Körner (1873–1957), Austrian politician, President of Austria in 1951–1957; grew up here Willi Sitte (1921–2013), German painter Twin towns – sister cities Chrastava is twinned with: Eichstätt, Germany Lwówek Śląski, Poland References External links Virtual show Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Populated places in Liberec District Holocaust locations in Czechoslovakia